Harmon v. Railroad

J. M. Dickinson, Sp. J.

Plaintiff owned a parcel of ground in tie Taxing District of Shelby County by deed, which described it as being “one hundred and fifty feet on the north side of Jackson by one hundred and seventy feet on the west side of Eighth Street.” The Tennessee Southern Railroad Company, to whose rights and liabilities defendant, the L., H., 0. & T. R. R. Co. succeeded, by permission of the Taxing District, and in accordance with a contract made with it May 22, 1883, graded under the supervision of the Engineer of the District, and upon the grades fixed by him, Eighth Street, in…